- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; grey stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; grey stone with white speckles on the surface. The stone has a flat edge with a pointed upper surface. Used by boys only to cure spots on the face. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 27 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.505 Other numbers: A 108263 R 37197 499
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